Review PowerPoints, study guides, and websites:
WWII, Cold War, and Civil Rights Movement Review
Jeopardy game thru WWII
SOL Review--Hoops Game on WWII
Quia link to games for almost every unit listed by SOL strands:
here and here.
Review (by students) on dropping the atom bomb
WWII Battles Picture Review
Check out what would happen if a nuclear bomb hit your city at this site
VUS.11-12 Notes
Slideshow presentation on Before and After Pictures of D-Day
Timeline on the War in the Pacific
Timeline, with pictures, on the War in the Pacific
Practice quizzes/flashcards for VUS.11
World War 2 map of the Pacific here
Review Games:
VUS.11 Pac-Man WWII Review Game here
Class Readings:
Documents used for the debate on the use of the Atom Bomb
Zinn chapter on 1920s-1945 from "A People's History"
Double-entry journal model to use with Zinn reading
Atomic Bomb--Document analysis on counterpoints--Socratic Seminar
Webquest--Holocaust
Class Assignments:
World War 2 Battles Poster Assignment
World War 2 Battles Review Map
Video Assignments:
"The Untold Story of Japanese-Americans During WWII" Video Questions:
Be prepared to answer and defend, in complete sentences, the question: Was Japanese internment justified during WWII?
Video questions on "The Battle of Stalingrad":
1. Where did the battle of Stalingrad occur?
2. Which countries fought in this battle?
3. Why was it considered such an important battle?
4. Who won this battle?
5. How long did this battle last?
6. What was the overall effect/impact of the battle on Germany?
7. Was surrendering encouraged by either side? If not, what was?
8. What do you think about the claim that the Soviet Union could have defeated Hitler without any help from the West? Note that after this battle, the Soviet Union put pressure on their western allies to open up more fighting in the western front because the Soviet Union said they had suffered enough deaths. This is called "blood guilt".
**PLEASE NOTE THAT GERMANY WAS AFTER SOVIET OIL WHEN THEY INVADED THE SOVIET UNION.*
"History Short--The Yalta Conference" Video Questions:
1. What was discussed at the Yalta Conference?
2. What was one of the biggest results of the conference?
3. Did the union of the big 3 last?
"Yalta Conference" by Hip Hughes--video worksheet here
"Japanese Internment Camps" Video Questions:
Link to video 1
Link to video 2
1. How, if at all, were Japanese-Americans any different from other Americans in the days after Pearl Harbor was bombed?
2. How were Americans of Japanese ancestry classified?
3. Was there any evidence of espionage by Japanese-Americans?
4. What happened to Japanese-Americans due to the President's order?
5. What happened to their possessions?
WWII, Cold War, and Civil Rights Movement Review
Jeopardy game thru WWII
SOL Review--Hoops Game on WWII
Quia link to games for almost every unit listed by SOL strands:
here and here.
Review (by students) on dropping the atom bomb
WWII Battles Picture Review
Check out what would happen if a nuclear bomb hit your city at this site
VUS.11-12 Notes
Slideshow presentation on Before and After Pictures of D-Day
Timeline on the War in the Pacific
Timeline, with pictures, on the War in the Pacific
Practice quizzes/flashcards for VUS.11
World War 2 map of the Pacific here
Review Games:
VUS.11 Pac-Man WWII Review Game here
Class Readings:
Documents used for the debate on the use of the Atom Bomb
Zinn chapter on 1920s-1945 from "A People's History"
Double-entry journal model to use with Zinn reading
Atomic Bomb--Document analysis on counterpoints--Socratic Seminar
Webquest--Holocaust
Class Assignments:
World War 2 Battles Poster Assignment
World War 2 Battles Review Map
Video Assignments:
"The Untold Story of Japanese-Americans During WWII" Video Questions:
Be prepared to answer and defend, in complete sentences, the question: Was Japanese internment justified during WWII?
Video questions on "The Battle of Stalingrad":
1. Where did the battle of Stalingrad occur?
2. Which countries fought in this battle?
3. Why was it considered such an important battle?
4. Who won this battle?
5. How long did this battle last?
6. What was the overall effect/impact of the battle on Germany?
7. Was surrendering encouraged by either side? If not, what was?
8. What do you think about the claim that the Soviet Union could have defeated Hitler without any help from the West? Note that after this battle, the Soviet Union put pressure on their western allies to open up more fighting in the western front because the Soviet Union said they had suffered enough deaths. This is called "blood guilt".
**PLEASE NOTE THAT GERMANY WAS AFTER SOVIET OIL WHEN THEY INVADED THE SOVIET UNION.*
"History Short--The Yalta Conference" Video Questions:
1. What was discussed at the Yalta Conference?
2. What was one of the biggest results of the conference?
3. Did the union of the big 3 last?
"Yalta Conference" by Hip Hughes--video worksheet here
"Japanese Internment Camps" Video Questions:
Link to video 1
Link to video 2
1. How, if at all, were Japanese-Americans any different from other Americans in the days after Pearl Harbor was bombed?
2. How were Americans of Japanese ancestry classified?
3. Was there any evidence of espionage by Japanese-Americans?
4. What happened to Japanese-Americans due to the President's order?
5. What happened to their possessions?